Clothes hanger



Dec. 34, 1 929. F, J, MOONEY 1,740,899

CLOTHES HANGER Filed March 19, 192'7 2 Sheets-Sheet l F. J. MOONEYCLOTHES HANGER Dec. 24, 1929.

Filed March 19, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 24, 1929 UNETE@FFIQE CLOTHES HANGER Application filed March 19, 1927.

This invention relates to improvements in hangers for drying washedclothes and other washed or wet articles.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel and etficient hangerwhich may be 1 easily and quickly opened, placed in position for use andadjusted and which may be easily and quickly taken down and stored awaywithin a relatively small space when not in use.

The invention consists of the elements and the combinations of themhereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention,

Figure 1 is a top view of a clothes hanger open for use and showing oneform of embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side view of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the clothes line clamping member shownin Figs. 1 and 2, and the parts carried thereby.

Figure 4 is a top view of the device showing a modified form thereof andshowing opposite walls in section to which the device is applied.

Figure 5 is a side view of the device shown in Fig. 4, showing the wallsin section.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the supporting hooks shown inFigs. 4 and 5.

Referring to the drawings 2 and 3 designate two end bars which may beformed of wood or other suitable material.

The bars 2 and 3 are provided with holes or openings 4 and 5,respectively, which extend therethrough near the respective ends of thebars, as shown in the drawings.

The bars 2 and 3 are connected by a clothes line 6 which is threadedthrough the holes 4 and 5 and which is slidable therein. The clothesline 6 forms two laterally spaced members 7 which extend between therespective end portions of the bars 2 and 3 and which are connectedoutwardly of the bar 3 by a part 8 of the line which bears against theouter surface of the bar 3 and holds the line in fixed relation theretowhen the side members 7 together are drawn taut from the bar 3. The sidemembers 7 of the line 6 Serial No. 176.669.

terminate in end portions 9 outwardly of the bar 2, and these endportions may be of any suitable length to meet desired requirements. Thedistance between the bars 2 and 3 may be increased and the side members7 lengthened by drawing the bar 2 away from the bar 3 and permitting theend portions 9 to slide through the holes 4; and the distance betweentne bars 2 and 8 may be decreased and the side members 7 shortened bymoving the bar 2 toward the bar 3 and drawing the side members 7 outthrough openings 4 and thereby lengthening the end portions 9 of theline 6.

Referring now to Figs. 1, 2 and 8, the bar 2 is provided with a clampingmember or plate 10 arranged adjacent to the outer side of the bar andprovided with spaced, parallel guiding pins 11 which project fixedlyfrom the respective end portions of the member 10 and which are slidablyfitted in openings extending through the bar 2 to guide the member 10and permit it to be moved toward and from the bar 2. The clamping member10 is also provided with a bolt 12 extending fixedly from the centralportion thereof and through and beyond a hole in the bar 2 and slidabletherein. The free end portion of the bolt 12 is threaded for thereception of a suitable nut 13.

The end portions 9 of the clothes line 6 extend from the holes 4 in thebar 2 over the guiding pins 11 and down between the bar 2 and theclamping member 10 on the respective sides of the bolt 12 and betweenthe pins 11; and, after the line 6 has been adjusted with respect to thebars 2 and 3, the end portions 9 of the line are firmly secured to thebar 2 by and between the same and the clamping member 10 by screwing thenut 13 against one side of bar 2 and thereby drawing the member 10toward the opposite side thereof. By screwing the nut 13 away from thebar 2, the line will be unclamped and freed to be moved to otherpositions of adjustment.

Formed on or secured to the clamping member 10 is a supporting bracket14 having an outwardly extending portion 15 having'a hole. 16 thereinand provided with a downwardly turned, bifurcated outer end portion 17,as clearly shown in the drawings.

The bracket 14 is constructed to be detach ably engaged with asupporting hook 18 I having a horizontal portion 19 provided with anupturned end portion 20. In applying the bracket 14: to the hook18, thebracket is lowered so that its bifurcated end portion 17 will straddlethe horizontal portion 19 of the hook as the upturned end portion 20enters the opening 16 in the bracket. The bracket 14 will then rest uponthe hook 18 and the bifurcated portion 17 of the bracket, engaging thehorizontal portion 19 of the hook, will prevent the bracket 1 1 and bar2 from turning about the axis of the upturned end portion of the hook.

The outer portion of the bar 3 has a bracket 21 secured thereto by meansof suitable screws 22. This bracket 21 has an outwardly extendingportion 23 having a hole 2% therein and provided with a downwardlyturned, bifurcated outer end portion 25 both like the similar parts ofthe bracket 14; and the bracket 21 is constructed to be applied to ahook 26 like the hook 18 to which the bracket 14 is applied for thepurpose of supporting the bracket 21 and therewith the bar 3 as thebracket 14 and the bar 2 are sup ported by the hook 18.

The hooks 18 and 26, as herein illustrated, are like the hooks providedon the upper end portions of spaced clothes line poles commonly found inthe yards of dwelling houses, and

the brackets 1a and 21 are designed to be applied to such and similarhooks.

In applying the brackets 1 1 and 21 to two spaced hooks, the bracket 21is first applied to its hook, and then the bracket let is applied to itshook after first drawing the bar 2 away from the bar 3 to lengthen theside members 7 of the clothes line if they are not sufficiently long forthe space between the two a. hooks. 'After the brackets have beenapplied to the hooks, the end portions 9 of the clothes line below theclamping member 10 are drawn downwardly by hand thereby drawing the sidemembers 7 through the holes 1 in the bar 2 until the side members 7 havebeen drawn taut between the bars 2 and 3. The nut 13 is then tightenedagainst the bar 2 to clamp the end portions 9 of the line to the bar 2and thereby retain the side members 7 in their taut condition. Thedevice is now ready'for use and the clothes or other articles maybe hungupon the side members 7 of the clothes line in the usual manner.

Referring now to Figs. 4, 5 and 6 and the modification of the devicethere illustrated, I provide the bar 2 with a clamping' member 27 forthe clothes line which functions like the clamping member 10, and Iprovide the member 27 with a supporting bracket 28 which is constructedto form an opening 29,

oblong in horizontal cross section. between. it and the member 28; and Iprovide the bar 3 with a bracket 30 constructed to form an opening 31between it and the bar 3 like the opening 29.

The openings 29 and 31 are formed to r ceive hooks like the hooks 32shown in the drawings. These hooks are designed for in terior use tobe'secured to opposite walls or doors of a kitchen, laundry or otherroom. b

Each hook 32 is formed of sheet metal and it comprises a body portion 33and an outwardly extending portion 34; having an upturned free endportion 35. The body portion 33 is provided with holes 06 for thereception of screws 37 by means of which the hooks may be secured towalls; and the upturned end portion 35 of each hook is also providedwith a hole 38 larger than and opposite to the lower hole 36 to permitthe entire screw 37 to g be passed through the end portion 35 when it isinserted into the lower hole 36 in the body portion 33 of the hook.

- l/Vhen twohooks 32 have been secured to opposite walls 39, as shown inFigs. 4 and 5 the'brackets 28 and 30 may be applied to the hooks 32 bylowering the brackets over the hooks so that the upturned ends 35thereof will enter the openings 29 and 31 in the brackets after whichthe hooks 32 will snpport the brackets 28 and 30 and bars 2 and 3.Otherwise the device shown in 4, 5 and 6 operates the same as the deviceshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

I claim as my invention ZJI 1. In a clothes hanger, two end bars,laterally spaced clothes line members connectlng said bars, a supportingbracket connected to one bar and havlng an outwardly extending portionhaving a hole therein and 2. In a clothes hanger, an end bar. laterallyspaced clothes lines connected to thebar, a second end bar having holesin the end portions thereof through which said lines QX- tend, aclamping member adapted to clamp the clothes lines between it and partsof said second end bar spaced from the holes therein. said clothes linesbeing slidable through said holes for adjustment and extending therefromto and between said clamping member and said parts, and means to forcethe clamping member toward said second end bar to clamp the linesbetween them.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANCES J. MDQNEY.

